Властелин колец: Братство кольца
The Council of Elrond
"Soithasbeenformanylivesofmen.ButtheLordsofMinasTirithstillfighton,defyingourenemies,keepingthepassageoftheRiverfromArgonathtotheSea.AndnowthatpartofthetalethatIshalltellisdrawntoitsclose.ForinthedaysofIsildurtheRulingRingpassedoutofallknowledge,andtheThreewerereleasedfromitsdominion.Butnowinthislatterdaytheyareinperiloncemore,fortooursorrowtheOnehasbeenfound.Othersshallspeakofitsfinding,forinthatIplayedsmallpart."
Heceased,butatonceBoromirstoodup,tallandproud,beforethem.Givemeleave,MasterElrond,saidhe,firsttosaymoreofGondor;forverilyfromthelandofGondorIamcome.Anditwouldbewellforalltoknowwhatpassesthere.Forfew,Ideem,knowofourdeeds,andthereforeguesslittleoftheirperil,ifweshouldfailatlast.
"BelievenotthatinthelandofGondorthebloodofNumenorisspent,norallitsprideanddignityforgotten.ByourvalourthewildfolkoftheEastarestillrestrained,andtheterrorofMorgulkeptatbay;andthusalonearepeaceandfreedommaintainedinthelandsbehindus,bulwarkoftheWest.ButifthepassagesoftheRivershouldbewon,whatthen?
"Yetthathour,maybe,isnotnowfaraway.TheNamelessEnemyhasarisenagain.SmokerisesoncemorefromOrodruinthatwecallMountDoom.ThepoweroftheBlackLandgrowsandwearehardbeset.
